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kgmoody
kgmoody Posts: 3,347 Member
edited December 2024 in Social Groups
For all you techies out there.
Ds1 is needing a new computer. His is 5 years old now. He will use it for school. Writing papers, watching videos, presentations etc.
MacBook Air?
MacBook Pro?
Others to consider?

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  • DocSkippy
    DocSkippy Posts: 7,833 Member
    Boy - wish you got me a week earlier. I just traded in my MBP to purchase a new one.

    If he is using cloud (no devices) - MacBook Air.
    If he plans to save things to external devices (thumb drives, etc) - MacBook Pro.
    I recommend too, to go to the APPL site and go to the refurbished link (very bottom). I bought my niece a refurb 2016 MBP a few months ago for school for around $800 - it was brand new!

    https://www.apple.com/shop/refurbished/mac/macbook-pro

    You can't beat Apple. But I am bias.

    Good luck!
  • steplinn398
    steplinn398 Posts: 3,245 Member
    Ron got a Huawei. He LOVES it. Great combo of powerful OS, battery life and weight.
  • lowbar31
    lowbar31 Posts: 7,239 Member
    It appears he is a Mac person. I am not. I will humbly keep my mouth shut.
  • DocSkippy
    DocSkippy Posts: 7,833 Member
    Lol!

    Dennis - I respect you way too much - you cannot hurt my feelings because you have not yet found your inner Apple. B)
  • DavidKuhnsSr
    DavidKuhnsSr Posts: 7,734 Member
    Ha ha, Dennis, I feel you, brother. I have an instinctive dislike of Apple. I can't stand their whole "everything is proprietary so you buy from us or don't do anything" marketing strategy. When I was editing the newspaper, I had a government PC and an Apple desktop unit from the printer. One was no better than the other, that I could see, despite the religious fervor of the Apple adherents.

    What I am amazed at is a 5-year old needing a computer. Wow. They write papers and make presentations in kindergarten?
  • kgmoody
    kgmoody Posts: 3,347 Member
    I thank you for your input.
    The MacBook Air is made so you can use all external devices now with an adapter of course.
  • raineray
    raineray Posts: 2,196 Member
    I love my MBP - I bought it refurbished a couple months ago - I keep most stuff on the cloud but for the difference in cost you get lots more with he MBP rather than the Air.
  • manladdvm
    manladdvm Posts: 9,477 Member
    The kids all seem to like the Macs.

    I am in the same camp as Dennis and Richard.
  • DocSkippy
    DocSkippy Posts: 7,833 Member
    are you calling me a kid?

    I think that might be interpreted as a micro aggression in our present society. We identify as the less-aged 😂
  • manladdvm
    manladdvm Posts: 9,477 Member
    LMAO
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